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Family Dearest, April 7, 2014
Hey, hey! I hope you had a
fantastic, amazing, wonderful week!! :) I was thinking about you as I was
watching conference and crocheting squares for our wonderful blanket!!
That was such a blessing, I just loved it so, soooo much!!! Greatest
tradition ever :) I'm glad that I was able to be apart of it still on the
other side of the country!
Well, before I go off about
conference, there is still so much that I have to tell you that went on before
the weekend. What a week this was! We were able to teach 8 member
lessons, which is quite a feat here in New England! I'm so grateful for
our dedicated members who sacrifice their time to go out with us and teach the
gospel! They are incredible! :) We were able to teach Arleen,
and we got WONDERFUL news on Saturday... She completed the stop smoking
program!! :) She is amazing! It was difficult for her at first, but
now she is so happy that she did it! She also knows that she can't let
herself slip though our she will get back into the habit. She is such a
great example to me of trusting in the Lord and doing all we can to keep the
commandments, and we will be blessed. She is really happy and so are we!
:) We were also able to teach Michael who is reading a lot out of the
Book of Mormon! Last lesson was awesome, he totally bore his testimony to
us that he knows the gospel is true and he so desperately wants to become apart
of it. Because of choices he has made in his past he needs to be fully
living the gospel before we can set a date to have his baptism interview.
We just keep praying that he will have the strength he needs to overcome his
addictions and make the choices necessary to be able to be interviewed for
baptism. I just love that man so much, he has so much faith, and he loves
the Savior so much! We are also making a lot of progress with
Jessica! She watched conference at a member's house and really liked
it. She is already a great example to her friends at school and she has
invited them to come to her baptism already! The youth here are really
strong and they are great missionaries! :) Overall, teaching has just
been such a blessing! We were able to have some great lessons this past
week! Hooray for the Spirit!!
On Thursday we also had our last
district meeting this transfer. It was super great! Our district is
awesome! We each shared a favorite conference talk, and it took a bit for
me to decide because I have so many, but I chose "Come What May and Love
It" By Elder Worthlin. I just love that talk soo much!
It is great to always keep that in mind. It was especially great to
remember because Thursday was SUPER crazy! After district lunch (we went
to a delicious Chinese buffet, yum!) we met with our ward mission leader and
got everything figured out for Adan's baptism on Friday. Everything was
all coming together! During the ride home we got a call that kinda
changed all of that though. It was Sheny and her uncle had died so the
whole family was going to leave for Boston as soon as they could. It was
a bit of a shock, but come what may and love it right? Although it was
sad that we had to postpone his baptism, it all worked out. Why?
Because like right after we hung up with her, we saw that Sister May had pink
eye. Holy cow, it was quite the experience! Everything happens in
the Lord's timing, and it would seem that Adan needs to be baptized this coming
week, if that is His will. I'm kinda praying that it is because we have
had to change his baptism date like, 4 times already! I'm just so excited
for his baptism!! He is so great and he has really gained a testimony of
the gospel :) Hopefully next week I'll be sending home baptism pictures!
Friday was not super exciting, we
planned and had to stay inside because Sister May was contagious. We kept
things pretty clean though and I washed my hands a lot and it looks like I didn't
get it, and I hope that it stays that way! We did get some exciting news
though.. Because of priesthood session being on transfer call night they
changed transfer calls to Friday night. Neither of us felt
like we would get a call, and we didn't, so WE'RE
SAFE!! I'm so excited to serve in Oxford for another transfer
with Sister May!! She is wonderful and I just love her soooo much!!
:) We have a great time together!
Alright, so now I can finally
get to conference! :) I just love General Conference! It was
such an amazing one too! I saw lots of similarities and patterns
throughout and it was just so spiritually uplifting! I love being able to
hear the powerful but simple teachings and testimonies that were given by
servants of the Lord. I loved how much family history work was talked
about. I was thinking of Grandma Otto and her love for genealogy and the
legacy that she herself left behind. I was also thinking about my pioneer
ancestors and the faith and devotion they had to God. I've learned so
much from my ancestors and I can't wait to continue to seek them out and learn
even more! I'm so grateful for them, and I just love them! Which
leads to another huge theme. LOVE!! President Monson and many
others focused on charity, love and service. It is such a small
principle, but super important! I need to strive to more willingly look
outside myself and love and help others along the way. As I was studying
Preach my Gospel this morning I read the section about Charity and Love in the
Christ-like attributes chapter (which is definitely one of my very
favorite chapters!). There were a lot of similarities between that and
President Monson's talk which I thought was pretty neat! (insert blurb
about following Elder Ballard's counsel and getting and studying Preach
my Gospel! It's awesome! :)) Overall, I feel so renewed and
strengthened by listening to conference! It was exactly what I needed!
:) A goal that I have is to continually study the words spoken at
conference. Last conference I didn't do too well at that, but I know that
it is so important. Elder Hales said, "The greatest blessings of
conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern
recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the works of the Lord, and
we return to our homes to live them." I'm excited to apply what
we've been taught and set goals to help me as I strive to become more like
Christ!! :)
I love you all so much and I'm just
so grateful for you :) I hope that you have a fantastic week and look for
ways to love and serve each other :)
D&C 68:4
Sister Bergeson :)
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